Ryan St. Julien lands 1st offer

Sonny Shipp

04/30/2007

Catholic of New Iberia (La.) had two players from the 2007 class sign with the LSU Tigers and it looks like the Panthers will have at least one player from the 2008 class sign a Division-I scholarship in cornerback Ryan St. Julien.

As a junior, Ryan St. Julien (6-0,
175, 4.5) recorded 54 tackles and picked off four passes to lead Catholic's
secondary.

There had not been a whole lot of
action heading his way regarding the recruiting process but all of that changed
last week after LSU defensive backs coach Doug Mallory made a stop at the
Catholic campus.

"LSU mailed me an offer last
week," St. Julien said. "There was a number on the letter and I called and
talked to coach Mallory and he said they were excited to offer me. He said they
liked me as a cornerback and they though that I had good speed and was a good
cover corner."

Now that that hometown team has
made an offer is there a chance that St. Julien will make an early decision or
will he wait to see what other schools get in the mix?

"It's too early right now to say
because I'm not sure yet," he said. "As of now, though, LSU is my
leader."

The LSU offer caught St. Julien by
surprise because he had not been paying much attention to the recruiting process
and had not had any contact with any other coaches other than receiving letters
from several schools.

After this weekend, though, that
will change as his focus will shift to football and
recruiting.

"I'm getting the most letters from
Virginia, Ole Miss and Purdue but I'm really not focusing too much on recruiting
right now because I am focusing on track right now," said St. Julien. "We have
the state track meet this weekend and I will be running the hurdles, the 200
(meters) and the high jump. After that's over I'll be focusing more on
recruiting and spring football."